The Decibel Skinny, Inc. Part 3: Body image in the age of Ozempic
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Mar 9, 2026 Emily Donahue, helpline lead at the National Eating Disorder Information Centre, notes rising calls tied to GLP-1 talk. Tigress Osborne, NAFA executive director, critiques systemic anti-fat discrimination. Zoë Bisbing, psychotherapist and Body Positive Home founder, explores how body-positivity meets GLP-1 culture. Maiyhet Burton, designer and GLP-1 user, shares personal health and body-image changes. They discuss stigma, activism, marketing and mental-health impacts.
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Designer Maiyhet Burton's GLP-1 Turning Point
- Maiyhet Burton tried strict diets, keto-like liquid plans, and resistance training before starting a GLP-1 and lost 20 pounds in three months on Mounjaro.
- She reports reduced “food noise,” improved mental health, and regained confidence to pursue long-term activities like camping and climbing with family.
GLP-1s Can Both Lessen And Increase Stigma
- Kelly Grant describes two opposing social effects of GLP-1 popularity: it can reduce blame by showing weight isn't just willpower, yet it may increase pressure to be thin as more people change their bodies.
- Fewer overweight public figures using these drugs makes thinness feel like the only acceptable norm, amplifying stigma.
Body Positivity Is A Right Not A Guarantee
- Zoë Bisbing explains body positivity is about deserving a positive relationship with any body, not automatic access to it, and GLP-1 before/after posts are eroding trust in prior body-acceptance role models.
- Clients feel grief or betrayal when influencers who promoted body acceptance later show dramatic weight loss with GLP-1s.